Roger G. Baylor (1925 – 2001)
An updated and expanded version of this post can be found here:
https://www.rogerbaylor.com/2025/03/07/the-centenary-of-my-fathers-birth-is-today-march-7-1925-2025/
Roger George Baylor was born in 1925 and died on July 18, 2001,...
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Originally published at NA Confidential on October 8, 2015.
And then you get sidetracked — and feel like crying.
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Now I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
The shit has hit the fan
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Until...
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